. >> nsa leaker edward snowden has had a conversation with his father in the u.s. the father and son chatted online, marking the first time they have had direct contact since snowden left the country. lon snowden plans to visit his son in russia as soon as he can get a visa to go there. >>> and army private bradley manning apologized for hurting the country by passing massive amounts of classified information to wikileaks. manning's sister testified telling the court about his troubled childhood and his experts said that manning's gender identity disorder contributed to his actions. manning e-mailed this picture of himself wearing a wig and lipstick. >>> an american track and field star speaking out about russia's controversial anti-gay law, taking part in the sports world championships going on now in moscow. abc's reporter is there. >> reporter: american runner nick simmons won his first international medal tuesday. >> flip that switch. used all my turbo. >> reporter: taking silver in the world championship of the 800 meters in a final dramatic dash. it is what h